Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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147. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount of outsourcing that has been achieved in his Department since the letter sent by Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in March 2012 to all Departments; the names of the outsourcing companies that have been involved; the total savings achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3587/14]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Given the nature of my Department's functions and small size, there is not significant scope for the use of external service delivery outside of shared services initiatives already in place or being progressed.

My Department already makes use of shared services in the areas of payroll, finance, IT, library and security services as well as participating in current civil service wide initiatives such as the HR Shared Services project and the Payroll Shared Services.

My Department will also work with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on any relevant external delivery service initiatives as part of the overall public service reform programme.